lanka
\ˈlɑŋ.kɑ\
The verdict
“lanka” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,480. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,480
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lanka · lanka · French
lanka · rank #20,480 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,480
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Langlois
Nearest frequency peer: Langlois (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « lanka »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Ivoirienne
Ivoirienne
79,525 corpus weight
- jihadistes
jihadistes
79,524 corpus weight
- Langlois
Langlois
79,522 corpus weight
- lanka
lanka
79,521 corpus weight
- latines
latines
79,520 corpus weight
- lightning
lightning
79,518 corpus weight
What this shows « lanka » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lanka |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈlɑŋ.kɑ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #20,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lanka »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around lanka (IPA \ˈlɑŋ.kɑ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,480 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fil.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for lanka, with forms such as "alnka", "lakna", and "lanak". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "link", "luna", "Lena", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lanka, spelled L-A-N-K-A.
Definition
- 1Fil.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alnka
- lakna
- lanak
- lankka
- lannka
- llanka
- lnaka
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lanka - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lanka", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).